It was supposed to be the law that would finally force clergy in Utah to report sexual abuse if a member of their congregation admitted it to them. But it was killed in the State Senate. How now to end the cycle of sexual abuse in Utah’s Mormon church?
But in the State Senate it ran up against the fact that there is not only a Republican supermajority, but a Mormon supermajority as well.
Despite criticism of her by conservative groups like the Catholic League, Ms Romero said she would reintroduce it next year. “This is an issue we can’t continue to ignore,” she said. The key reason for the resistance to change is a collision of two incompatible values, said David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Centre at the University of New Hampshire.
Mr Finkelhor said: “American politicians have been very deferential to religion over the years and freedom of religion is very strong here.
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